Turnovers cost Lady ‘Cats vs. Halls

A chance to be the No. 3-seed in the District 3-AAA tournament fell through Oak Ridge fingers like many of the passes the girls tried to make Tuesday.

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By Robert Holder

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Robert Holder

Posted Feb. 10, 2013 at 3:51 PM
Updated Feb 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM

By Robert Holder

Posted Feb. 10, 2013 at 3:51 PM
Updated Feb 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM

OAK RIDGE

A chance to be the No. 3-seed in the District 3-AAA tournament fell through Oak Ridge fingers like many of the passes the girls tried to make Tuesday.

The Lady Wildcats committed 18 turnovers and made just eight field goals in the game losing to Halls 38-31.

“It was a replay from Maryville,” coach Kerra Jackson said. “It was ugly. Our defense was better, but the offense was not.”

Oak Ridge coming off their 13-point win Monday versus Campbell County could not generate anything to sustain momentum against the Lady Devils. Despite making just two field goals in the first half, Oak Ridge was down just seven, 12-19, at halftime.

The deficit stood at nine, 28-37, with 3:06 remaining in the game but Oak Ridge committed four fouls in the final 2 minutes of play and made just one free throw as the only points down the stretch.

“The last three or four minutes when we were fumbling passes out of bounds, that told me everything about where our focus was tonight,” coach Jackson said. “This time of year, we should be at our peak. We should be clicking and for some reason we’re not.”

It was a tough final home game on Senior Night and Pink Night for breast cancer awareness for the five ORHS seniors.

Kendra Holmes had 11 points to lead the team. Whitney Mitchell had nine and Savanna Johnson had seven. Taylor Howe had two and Caitlyn Ledden had one.

The Lady Wildcats will be the No. 4-seed in the district tournament at Campbell County next week.